It was a race of firsts and lasts for Rob Austin in the season finale at Brands Hatch, securing his first win for three years and a maiden win for Handy Motorsport, in the final race for the team’s Toyota Avensis. Austin led every lap of a sodden finale in the gloom in Kent, beating … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington has been given a penalty for his race-winning move on Aiden Moffat in the second Brands Hatch encounter – but crucially, without being dropped any positions. Turkington has been given a £500 fine and three points on his racing license for the move at Paddock Hill Bend at the start of … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington put on one of the drives of the year to take his BMW 125i M Sport from 15th to first in the second race at Brands Hatch, and with Team BMR’s Ash Sutton 12th, decimates Sutton’s championship lead to six points with one race remaining. The Mercedes A-Class of Aiden … More »
Tom Ingram has praised his Speedworks Motorsport team after ending the 2017 BTCC season with the best qualifying record on the grid. Although he didn’t manage to qualify on pole all season, Ingram’s consistency saw him end the year with the best average starting position (based on qualifying sessions only) of 5.7, putting him just … More »
The Dunlop tyre allocations for Brands Hatch race day have been confirmed, with the majority of the field required to run the option soft tyre in Races 1 and 2, with only Team Parker Racing’s Stephen Jelley and Eurotech Racing’s Brett Smith running the softs in Race 3, though it may not matter, as rain … More »
Jake Hill says he is hoping to end the final weekend of the BTCC season with a trophy to have name after a solid performance in qualifying at Brands Hatch. The Team HARD. driver put his VW CC in the top ten for the second meeting in succession having posted the eighth fastest time, with … More »
Rob Austin says his focus on race day at Brands Hatch is to reward the Handy Motorsport team with more silverware from the final rounds of the BTCC season. Austin put his Toyota Avensis on the second row of the grid having posted the fourth quickest time in a session that started in wet conditions … More »
Tom Chilton says going one better than his Silverstone stand-in Rob Huff is at the forefront of his mind ahead of Brands Hatch race day, after giving Power Maxed Racing their best qualifying result of the season. Chilton put the new Vauxhall Astra fifth on the grid for Sunday, describing his best time set in … More »
Championship leader Ash Sutton was full of praise for Jason Plato after qualifying an unexpected third for the Brands Hatch finale, saying he wouldn’t have been able to set the time he did without a lap-long tow from his Team BMR team-mate. Sutton is protecting a 10-point lead over rival Colin Turkington, who suffered a … More »
Aiden Moffat insisted he was thrilled to have secured a front row start for the final rounds of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch after an impressive performance on track in qualifying. The Laser Tools Racing driver, fresh from celebrating his 21st birthday, edged championship hopeful Ash Sutton off the front row by just 0.006secs … More »